Hurl Synonyms and Antonyms

hûrl
Throw
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. throw
  2. cast
  3. fling
  4. hurtle
  5. heave
Antonyms:
  1. catch
  2. hold
To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hurtle
  2. cast
  3. fling
  4. heave
  5. launch
  6. pitch
  7. fire
  8. sling
  9. throw
  10. toss
  11. dart
  12. dash
  13. catapult
  14. chuck
  15. lunge
  16. shoot
  17. shy
  18. propel
  19. send
  20. thrust
An act of throwing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cast
  2. fling
  3. heave
  4. launch
  5. pitch
  6. shy
  7. sling
  8. throw
  9. toss
To throw with great force; fling.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. throw

Words Related to Hurl

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hurl Sentence Examples

  • They hurl insults, innuendo, and threats.

  • I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy.

  • Of course, it can also hurl them apart.

  • We also use enormous slingshots to hurl rocks at our enemies.

  • Lawrence saw that the surest way to prevent the Mutiny from spreading from the sepoy army of Bengal to the recently conquered fighting races of the Punjab was to hurl the Sikh at the Hindu; instead of taking measures for the defence of the Punjab, he acted on the old principle that the best defence is attack, and promptly organized a force for the reduction of Delhi, with the ardent co-operation of born leaders like John Nicholson, Neville Chamberlain and Herbert Edwardes.

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